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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) tested positive for COVID-19, shortly after being spotted vacationing maskless in Miami. "She is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home. The Congresswoman received her booster shot this Fall, and encourages everyone to get their booster and follow all CDC guidance," her office stated in a press release Sunday evening. It is unclear how severe her symptoms may be. Ocasio-Cortez was spoted shortly before New Year's Eve in Miami with her boyfriend. She has criticized the mandate-free state of Florida in the past for being too lenient about measures regarding COVID-19.

The variant appears to be more closely related to the original coronavirus strain and originated from Japan. Experts have discovered a new COVID-19 variant at a nursing home in Kentucky. The new R.1 variant has previously unseen characteristics that have some scientists worried, according to Epoch Times, The variant appears to be more closely related to the original coronavirus strain and originated in Japan. Nearly all the residents at the nursing home in Kentucky were vaccinated, yet the new strain seems to have infected them regardless. R.1 has now received over 10,000 entries in the GISAID SARS-CoV-2 database, the world's...